External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 114943	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77065	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78248	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 69436
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72105	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 72306	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 66846	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77981
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 77237	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78399	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78745	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78108
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78932	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78479	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78615	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76551
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80186	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80476	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 80119	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86842
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 84439	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 81924	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 80781	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 78668
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 76881	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 98686

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease